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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 59

Motor Notes Care of the Battery

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 4

One of the motorist's best friends is his battery, yet strange to say, it ts in most cases one of the most neglected components of an automobile…

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Unclaimed Property on the Railways Auction Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 4

It is amazing what some people leave in trains or fail to claim when consigned to them. For instance, the following articles have come up for…

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Pedestrians Who Are Killed. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 4

Pedestrians who were killed in road accidents in New South Wales last year totalled 167, and of these nearly four-fifths were either over…

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Department of Main Roads

The Independent · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

Tenders addressed to the undersigned and suitably endorsed will be received up to 2.15 p.m. on Thursday, 6th February, 1941, for the haulage…

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M.t.c. Anniversary Meeting Special Train From Albury

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 5

Murrumbidgee Turf Club has receiv[?] excellent entries for its meeting on [?] January, 27 (Anniversary [?] and the fixture promises to be…

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Fell From Motor Cycle

The Independent · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

Mr Bruce Burchfield, who spent a brief leave with his parents, Mr and Mrs Jim Burchfield, Deniliquin, recently, met with a slight accident the…

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Thoughtless Motorist

The Independent · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

A travelling motorist, going out on Friday afternoon from Deniliquin, got bogged in a table-drain adjacent to the South Common on the…

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Serious Congestion Albury Railway Station Booking Office in Town Advocated

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

Ald Robertson, at the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council last night, stressed the need for an amelioration of the congested…

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New Gantry Crane at Albury Railway

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

Approval has been given to the [?] stallation of a new gantry crane at [?] bury railway station, which will [?] a much greater capacity than the,[?]…

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Aeroplane Disasters a May Mystery Solved MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

Wreckage of the R.A.A.F. Avre-Anson bomber which disappeared while flying from Point Cook to Camden (N.S.W.) in May last year, was…

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“Road Demons” of Yesterday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 6

Members of Albury Cycle Club photographed about the end of last century. The club did its racing in the days when roads left much to be desired, but they were not hampered by motorists and heavy traffic. The wearing apparel and style of the machines would look odd to-day, but they were considered the very thing in the days of our father;. Notice the long headstems, sweeping handlebars and heavy appearance of the bicycles. The team…

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Railway Excursion in February

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

Word has been received from the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, that the next general series of excursion trains will be run…

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Railway Excursions In February

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press, The Pastoral Times

Word has been received from the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) that the next general series of excursion trains will be run…

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The Motoring World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. State Motor Taxation

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 11

(The State Government, in response to N.R.M.A. representations, says that it is not possible to consider any reduction in motor vehicle taxation at…

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Railway Excursions in Febr[?]

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

The next general series of N.S.W. cursion trains will be run during [?] second week of February. Re[?] tickets at single fare (minimum [?]…

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Fall From Motor Cycle

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 1

Bruce Burchfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Burchfield, of Deniliquin was injured on Sunday at Hawthorn. He was riding a motor cycle over a…

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Training Motor Mechanics G.m. Co-operating with Technical Schools

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 3

Realising that there will be a shortage of skilled labor in industry in Australia, manufacturers are endeavouring to find ways and means whereby they…

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Steam Train on

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 5

On Monday next a steam train will replace the rail motor and depart from Albury at 9.18 a.m.. This train will convey any horse box traffic that is…

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